Self-sealing manifolding writing-sheet.



i 'Ufirrnn STATES y ,PATENT @FFI@E.-Il,l

Paraguan-@1122,

' WILSON NORTON, or. Ci-nCAGo, minimis; SIDNY CARR CARROLL, Ao yMmisrnnron or SAID NORTON, DECEASED, AssiGNoR To THE UMTED i STATE-ssacrsnoon COMPANY, or CHICAGO, 4immers, A CORPORA-v in the transaction.'noN or iLraNois.

" SELF-SEALING MANIFOLDING 'WRITING;SHEET.

I spnelrlcaimm roi-ming part of vtieners Patent No. 755,159, eared March22, 1904. ,I

applicano and manita 2i, 1902. serai No. 136,833. semana ATo' all whom1' t Imry rmiucer'n Bc. it known that l, W'IISON IvioR'ro-m'a citi- ;:enof the UnitedA States, residing at Chicago,-

- Cook county, Illinois, have-invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Self-Sealing Manifolding lVriting-Shects, of which thefollowing is a' specification.

This invention 'relates to stationery,- and has particular reference towriting-'4 sheets and mailing-envelops therefor.

The objects of the invention are to expedite correspondence,savetimennaterial,and labor, and encon ragea'greater degreel ofpromptness of business through correspondence. .I

My inventionis designed, primarily, to meet a necessity which' hasalways been felt by traveling salesmen, collectors, railway agents, andall other persons in similar callings who have occasion to make regularreports to their employers or superiors. As is Well known, in allcommercial est-abiisllments employingr traveling-'salesmen anever-recurring source of friction and annoyanceto all parties concernedis the. lack of prompt reports. This .lack of ,i promptness is due ina`large measure to inconvenient correspondence facilities. lVhilecilities e11- /rrmte for the rest of his requirements in the way ofstationery and for writing conveniences to enable him tov use his ownequipment, consisting usually of a variety of original and duplicateblanks, carbon-paper,

Sac., not adapted foi carrying in the pocket or available-except atthehotel where-his bag- 4gage is.

to make these in duplicate or' tripliczite,wliieh is often done bycopying and recopying an order the requisite number of times, or withthe aid of a variety of stationery, carbon-sheets',

A salesman when making outordcrsl to be mailed to his house 1s usuallyrequired and the like, which includes an equipment not adapted to carryin the pocket or -to be used without regnlar'writing facilities. Ordersare therefore hastily copied Aon any kind of materi'alzconveniently athand and the making of regular original and duplicatecopies deferred`for a special sitting at the hotel, with the result that salesmemorandums vare Vsometimes allowed to accumulate for days and some ofthemv lost in this haphazard handling. l

One of the ehiefobjeets of my invention is to provide a letter-head ororder-sheet which shall combine in' one article the original andduplicate sheet or sheets, the carbon-sheet or sheets, and themailing-envelop for the o'rder4 tobe'mailedtoheadquarters-in otherwords,

to provide the salesman with a ,folded sheet of paper upon which he canwrite the original order on the spot or at the` timel it is given and infinal form, and which willfurnish him with one or more copies of saidorder as well as the mailing-envelop. y f

'Another and a particular object'of the invention is toprovidejobbers,'large mercantile establishments', transportation companies, andthe like with the above device for distribution among their customers'and correspondents to facili-ta te business intercourse, and therebyincrease business. .A

. A still further object of the invention is to provide the stationerydescribed ata minimum ofcostio'r at an expense so small as tomake -itpossibleto 'distribute same among small .llap therefor, and one or moredetachable carbonized sheets of paper' overlying the firstmentionedsheet and adapted toftransinit copy sheets 5 for the purpose of.providing forhotli I impressions tv hrreto. duplicate and triplicateCopies.' All of .the` I i y The invention further consists'inacoiiibined' views illustrate a construction'which permits imailing-envelop :nf-.sl letter copy-sheetand a of the en ihodiment in asingle piece of paper f 'z detachable. car'nonized original-vletter'sheet ,of-the 'parts 2, 3, 5., 6, and 7. Figs. 1 and 77o' adaptedto fold thereupon andV -transinit carillustrate my invention in the formof a conbonimpressions to the l'irst-mei'itioned sheet.' ti-nuous lengthor strip of paper perforated on "lfhe invention further consists in acointheline 1/ 1/ to fold endwise; Fig.5alsosho\vs bined letter-headandenvelop and a duplicatev sndwise-opcning aps 2 5,'whichmay beeither f ioletter-head, one thereof having transfer mate- .in one sheet ofpanca-with the flap past-ed on, 7

rial on itsoneside and said sheetsbei-ng adaptor the carbonized sheet 5pasted on the inteed Ato oveiiie one another; and the invention gralparts 2 4. Itis obviousthatthe arrange`- further consists in the variousdetails of conment shownin Figs.2and 3 maybe embodied struction and inthe combinations of parts, all in a single piece of paper, aswell assepa- 1 5 as hereinafter more fully described, and parrately, with orwithout longitudinal perfora- 8o ticularly pointed out in the. claims.tions similar to the transverse pcrforationsfv rl`he invention will bemore readily under. shown in Fig. 1. l l f.

stood by reference to the accompanying draw' In allot' the aboveeonstructionsthe relaings, forming a part of this specitication, andtive' position of the writing and carbon porinK whieh tions when ready.for impressions are exactly l85 Figures 1, 2, and`3 represent the partadapt-v the saine, presentingsubstantially the appeared to be mailed andenvelop portion thereon 1 lance shown in Figs. 6 and 7, disregardingtheand the carboni/.ed portion or yportionsl as inturned-upportion of thetop sheet; 'which is' tegral or attached portions olding respecthefundamentai idea 4 in my invention, the

. tively, end wise and sidewise'upon the envelop lrelative positionsI ofthe different par' when 9o portion and part adapted for mailing,.theadspread out-being susceptible to many modifidress side ot' the envelopportion being on'the cations. Th diiierent arrangements are oppositesideof the several views. Fig. 4 is adaptabletovayingconditionsotportability, similar to Fig. 1 with the addition ofside flaps packing, shipping, yand carrying about in the for'the envelopportion. Fig. 5 is similar to pocket, altho'uglras a rule all of theforms of 95 Fig. 1, except that` the sheet having the t'rau's-lconstructionsliov-n are equally adapted for fer material folds from thetop of the mailthe Vlatter purpose, since they occupy the same ing-sheetinstead of the bottom, in Fig. 1. space' when folded as shownfin Fig. 9,or prae- Fig. 6 is similar to Fig. 2, with the sheet or tically that ofbut "single envelop. 35 sheet-s folded ready for the writer. This viewFrom the foregoi "0' -.the manner of usingzoo -is also, substantially aviewv of all the other my invention is self-evident. The side 5 offigures with the device in Writing position. sheet 5 6 is placedAuppnthe side 2 and the Fig. 7 is substantially Fig. (ienlarged, show`letter, order, report', Steg-,hiritteniupon the i ingthe appearance ofFig. 1 folded instead of page 6, which writing'is transierred to page 40Fig. 2 folded, as in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 represents 2 or to both page 2 andanother-. page 6 if the' log the appearance of either of the foregoingarrangement shown in FigBHis used. After views with the sheets foldedready for sealthe writing is completed shcct.5 6 may'be ing. Fig. 9 isthe reverse side of Fig. `8, torn off from sheet 2 and thelattcr foldedand Fig. 10 is theform shown in Fig. 4 and from the bottom toxvard `theflap LLwhieh may is the'saine as Fig. 8 with the added side aps. then besealed upon the back of the `'page 2. 'n In the several views of thedrawings, 2 rep- On arrival at destination the ilapll is cutopen,resents the letter-head provided with an enas an ordinary envelop,leaving the letter or velop portion 3. order portion clear. i is theiiap of the envelop portion. There are several advantages which accrue\\5' is the carbonized side of the writing sheet to the addressee as wellas the writer employ- 1i or sheets 6, overlying sheet 2, and 7 7 aretheing my'invention. A great deal of time is side flaps in the modifiedform of construcsaved in opening the mail., as opening the ention. velopopens the letter in the same operation.y

In Figs. 1 and 7 the `parts 2, 3,4, 5, and 6 gain, the envelop with itsrecords of postare comprised in one contimimm marks and other mailingevidences is pre- I: per folded on the line y y of Fig. 1. rIlleopserved -ivith the letter without taking up any posite side of sheet 2may be plain or provided space. Oftentimes envelops are pinned toletwithan envelop-border hearing a printed reters or orders for the purpose offuture iden- 'turn-card and stamp-square, as shown in Fig. vtiticationof the Writer when he has failed to 66 9. In Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 thesheet bear sign his naine, to prove the time of mailing 1 ing thetransfer material is aseparate sheet of a letter, or other evidenceswhich subse- V i pasted on sheet 2, whichconstruction is ,parquentdevelopments may prove valuable and .ticularly' adapted for the purposewhen it is suchas only a mailed envelop can furnish. desired to providea sheet 2 of better quality vIt. not infrequently happens that laborious65 than sheet or sheets 5. Fig..3 shows two searches aremade throughwaste paper for 51pm-.poso of private correspondence or social f Islletters and for that purpose must write the .Y original copy on thepart mailed While desir- I ing to keep the transferred copy. he can doso by tearing olifthe sheet on which the transfer material 1s and employsaid sheet asan ordinary carbonjpap'er, same being alwro-'s at -hand andconvenient, being'a-part of the let- The invention also provides adeter-head. vice which may conveniently be used as a newspaper-vvrapper.It is also obvious that A{ furnmfxlflaps i or 4 and 7 may be'separateparts gunnned on the various forms of single Y or double folded sheets.lVhen'the end flaps 7 are added, as inl-Figs. 4 and 10, thelctter.

maybe scaled up against inspection as thor oughly as if an ordinarycorrespondence-envelop is employed. The invention-maybe adapted to alarge range of similar uses, and many modifications may be made thereinby one skilled in the art to which it appertains without departing fromthe spiritof my invention, which I therefore do not confine to thespecific constructions herein shown anddescribed. 'l i llavingthusdescribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLettersPatenti. A writing-sheet comprising an original j ril ing-page, acopy-page, aearbon transferpasre, and a sealing-envelop portion. A

,2.Y A writing #sheet comprising portions adapted to fold ii manuscriptleaves having a transfer page therebetween, andfone of said leaves beingprovided with an ensealing portion.

An article of the class described comprising an original writing-leaf,adetachable copyleaf, and suitable transfer material therebetween, oneof said leaves being provided with sealing means. t 4. A writing-sheetpartly coated with a transfer material and adapt-ed t-o be folded into,successively, an original manuscript page, a carbon-page, a copy-pageand a mailable manuscript, the latter having asealing-ap.

I 'f'iso 5. An article of the class described comprisito original andduplicate' ing individuallyfdetaehable original and du4 plieatemanuscript leaves-'each thereof except d the last having a tran'sfer-page` adapted ,to

transmit writing to the underlying page, and .55 J

one of said leaves being provi-dedv with an e'nsealing portion'.

6. A writing-sheet comprising an ensealing portion and a plurality ofwriting-sheets vadapted tofold upon each other with a car bonizedsurface therebetween and a sealingilap upon one of said folded portions.

7. A sealing-sheet of paper provided with an integral or substantiallyintegral original manuscript leaf coated with a transfer may' terial.adapted to transfer Writlng -uponsaid` sealing-sheet.

Y v 8. AAfwriting.- sheet, consisting of a sheet of paper carbonizedupon substantially onefourth of its su rface 'and provided with asealing-Hap, said Writing-sheet being adapted to be folded upon itselfwith the carbonized surface between lthe folds andthe sealing-flap.

. A upon the unearbonized fold.

9. A manifolding writing-sheet consisting of a writing-sheet having acarbonizedsurface covering substantially one-fourthof its surface, anenvelop portion opposite said carbonzed portion, and suitableperforations between said carboni-Zed and uncarbonized portionsfacilitating separation thereof, the uncarbonized portionbeingprovidedwith means for sealing the same when folded.

10. A manifolding Writing-sheet adapted to be folded upon itself andcomprising when lfolded two vdetach ably-connected leaves or Aoriginaland duplicate manuscript portions, a. vcarbonized surface on one 'leafand between nesses..

' VILSON MORTON.

Witnesses:

J. NV. BEoKsTBoimf f F. E. STEWART. A

